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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It’s short for cisgender, which is basically the opposite of transgender. Cis and trans are both Latin prefixes, meaning ‘same side of’ and ‘opposite side of.’

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 1 points 3 months ago

Ohhhhh. I wish that were explained more. My only problem with the term "cis" is that it seemed to come from nowhere, a made-up term out of a random syllable that was suddenly being applied to people.